Size Matters

Movies on Tiny Screens Demand Striking Ideas

By

Joe Morgenstern

Updated March 8, 2008 12:01 a.m. ET

David Lynch is grim-faced on YouTube. In a clip excerpted from a special edition of his inscrutable feature film "Inland Empire," the filmmaker leans toward a microphone and says, "Now if you're playing the movie on a telephone, you will never in a trillion years experience the film. You'll think you have experienced it, but you'll be cheated. It's such a sadness -- that you think you've seen a film on your f- telephone. Get real!"

Inevitably, YouTube users have leapt to the challenge by creating a...